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Click for a photo gallery of Loretta Lynn's concert at her Hurricane Mills ranch last month. (photo: Sanford Myers / The Tennessean)

JONESBORO, Ark. (AP) - Country music legend Loretta Lynn is scheduled to perform during the 2014 Johnny Cash Music Festival at Arkansas State University.

ASU said Monday that Lynn will be joined by fellow Country Music Hall of Famers Reba McEntire and Bobby Bare at the event on Aug. 15. Singer and comedian Mark Lowry is to host the event at the Convocation Center on the ASU campus in Jonesboro.

Lynn - the "Queen of Country Music" - has hits dating back more than 50 years, including the biographical "Coal Miner's Daughter."

McEntire currently has 35 No. 1 career hits while Bare's hits include "Detroit City" and "Marie Laveau."

Proceeds from the festival helps fund restoration of the Johnny Cash Boyhood Home in Dyess and supports a scholarship fund established in Cash's name.

For the current lineup of his Gaither Vocal Band, gospel music legend Bill Gaither has assembled an all-star group that aims to breathe new life into his catalog of classics.

Gaither and contemporary Christian stars Wes Hampton, Michael English, David Phelps and Mark Lowry first shared the stage on Valentine’s Day, and their celebrated performances have already prompted the group to release two live DVDs next month. Gaither has been singing gospel music since the 1950s.

With his wife, Gloria, he’s written more than 700 songs (including “Because He Lives,” “The King Is Coming,” “Let’s Just Praise The Lord” and “Loving God, Loving Each Other”), and together they have won eight Grammy Awards and more than two-dozen Dove Awards.

The show starts at 7 tonight at the Sommet Center (501 Broadway, 770-7825). Tickets are $32 and $45.